health of individuals (as measured by the height of conscripts) and its disparities between individuals and regions in Italy …", that is I hypothesize that exposure to malaria in utero or during childhood has persistent effects on health. Periods under … scrutiny in this paper are the last two decades of the XIX century, a period without major public health interventions, and the …

the effect of sports activity on health. OLS models show that sports activity significantly decreases overweight, sleeping … problems, headaches, back problems, and perceived health impediments in everyday activities and significantly increases health … satisfaction. Because sports activity is likely to be misreported and correlated with unobserved determinants of health, we use the …

The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … that high-income states in 1992 were better able to enact public health strategies and adopt behaviors that, over the next …